G. Willikers is a character from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
History[]
Background[]
G. Willikers was foreman of the Big Thunder Mining Company during the late 1880s/1890s. Willikers was a cruel and greedy man who cooked the books to give himself substantially more pay than other employees. He would also punish miners caught taking early lunch breaks by giving them permanent graveyard shifts.
Development history[]
Willikers was added in a 2013 refurbishment of the Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. His name is a play on expression, "Gee Willikers!".
Appearances[]
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad[]
The pay rate page appears in the queue, along with a note from Willikers reading, "From this day forward, all miners caught taking an early lunch will be put on graveyard shift, permanently".[2]